Research Desk
EMDR Research in Psychosis and Clinical High Risk
The small trial literature points in one direction: PTSD symptoms improve more consistently than psychosis measures. Delusions may respond more than hallucinations, but that finding comes from trauma-focused treatments broadly, not EMDR alone.
Field Signals
Organizations, access, policy, events, and field movement
Source-led developments across the EMDR field: organizations, access, policy, events, and public-world movement.
Freedom Haulers: What the Federal Trucking Push Offers Veterans
The federal campaign connects military skills, commercial-driver pathways, GI Bill-supported training, and SkillBridge opportunities. It does not confer an automatic CDL or guarantee a job.
Upcoming EMDR field dates
A 12-Veteran Psilocybin Pilot Adds an Early PTSD Treatment Signal
A small, highly screened pilot reported an early signal after an intensive, supported protocol. It does not establish effectiveness, routine safety, or a treatment recommendation.
More Field Signals
Organizations, events, access, policy, and public-world developments.
When a Webinar Title Is Also a Field Report
A small signal about how EMDR clinicians are talking about structure, adaptation, and clinical integrity.
Upcoming EMDR Field Dates
A running conference watchlist for clinicians tracking EMDR organizations and field events through 2026.
What the 2026 Conference Season Is Really About
The field question underneath this year's programs: thinking clearly when cases become complex.
Follow what is moving across the field
Track access, organizations, policy language, conference movement, and other public-world signals.
Latest from each desk
Research Watch · Practice Briefs · Field Notes
Research Brief
Review Finds the Most Consistent PTSD Results With EMDR and CBT for First Responders
A systematic review found the most consistent first-responder PTSD symptom reductions in studies of EMDR and CBT, while highlighting uneven study quality and a shortage of EMS-specific evidence.
Practice Brief
Blocking Beliefs in EMDR: What Clinicians Should Listen For
A clinician-facing EMDRNews practice brief on blocking beliefs, negative cognitions, feeder memories, ecological reality, and working with stalled processing without pushing.
Field Notes
Upcoming EMDR Field Dates: 2026 Conference Watchlist
Dates, organization signals, and next-check notes for EMDR conferences and field events through the rest of 2026.
The EMDRNews Podcast
The briefing, now in audio
Each week’s research, practice notes, and field updates — narrated and reviewed before release. Same source discipline, for the drive between sessions.
A source-led audio companion to the Cognitive Interweaves practice brief: what interweaves are, why restraint matters, and how trained clinicians think about stuck processing.
EMDR Resources
Official sources, not care promises.
From Field Notes
2026 Conference Watchlist
Dates, organization signals, and next-check notes for EMDR conferences and field events through the rest of 2026 — updated as information is confirmed.
What the 2026 Conference Season Is Really About
A look at the themes and organizational signals shaping EMDR conferences this year — beyond the scheduled dates and speaker lists.
EMDR For Veterans
VA, DoD, and allied care-system starting points organized by country — for veterans, service members, and their families.